Bacterial Endocarditis and Urology

Abstract

SIR,-I believe it is a recognized fact that longevity is not the lot of the medical profession. The B.M.7. obituary list saddens me when I see so many men dying in the 50 and 60 age groups, just when their wisdom and experience are so valuable and can ill be spared. Is this a worse record than other professions ? On 27 March (p. 866) the average age was 62 except for one of 90, but that was a woman. Is this mostly due to overwork and worry? It seems a very bad advertisement for Medicine when doctors themselves succumb at an unnecessarily early age.-I am, etc., Cheltenham.

Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Against Infective Endocarditis Before Urological Surgery

“…Urological procedures have therefore been thought to be associated with the risk of transient bacteraemia, underpinning recommendations for prophylaxis for IE in urology. However, the evidence base for this practice is weak and consists largely of case reports and small case series [5,6].…”